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oh no! I can't access yahoo email!

I'd much appreciate some help here - I'm non-techie, so I'm pretty useless.

I've used wireless connection via a belkin router to my laptop for the past 2yrs with no problems.

y'day I couldn't access my yahoo mail. a padlock icon appears next to the address bar with a msg: 'digicert has id'd this site as login.yahoo.com. this connection to the server is encrypted'.

my other laptop is similarly effected.

I'm getting desperate so any advice would be well rec'd!

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  • free4440273
    free4440273 Posts: 38,438 Forumite
    all browsers? try a different browser/ use ccleaner to clear out any carp //
    BLOODBATH IN THE EVENING THEN? :shocked: OR PERHAPS THE AFTERNOON? OR THE MORNING? OH, FORGET THIS MALARKEY!

    THE KILLERS :cool:

    THE PUNISHER :dance: MATURE CHEDDAR ADDICT:cool:
  • davb
    davb Posts: 1,293 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    a padlock icon appears next to the address bar with a msg: 'digicert has id'd this site as login.yahoo.com. this connection to the server is encrypted'
    That sounds correct - the Yahoo login page is a secure one (https) and the SSL certificate is issued by digicert.
    I assume you get the message when you click on the padlock.

    The Yahoo login page is here - is that what you get. What happens when you put in your email address and password?
  • davb wrote: »
    That sounds correct - the Yahoo login page is a secure one (https) and the SSL certificate is issued by digicert.
    I assume you get the message when you click on the padlock.

    The Yahoo login page is here - is that what you get. What happens when you put in your email address and password?
    the homepage loads OK but it won't let me sign in. the padlock appears as soon as I attempt this.
  • Sublime_2
    Sublime_2 Posts: 15,741 Forumite
    Definitely not the norm. Do a full anti-virus/malware scan. If nothing found, do a HJT scan, and then post the results in the techie part of the forum.
  • Maybe try adding it to the safe sites list in your browser?
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